Bye-Bye Jerk, Hello Mr. Right by Rosie Steppe

Chapter 430

The baby was bom prematurely-seven and a half months.

He lay in the incubator, nearly translucent. Just looking at him made my heart ache.

Lena couldn't say if the baby would make it. It was all up to fate now.

Tanya didn't actually succeed in jumping, but her baby sure paid the price. And she didn't get out unscathed either. Her uterus ruptured, she bled out like crazy, and they had to do an emergency hysterectomy just to keep her alive. Barely. She was lucky to be alive.

Honestly, I didn't care about her anymore. But the baby.. that poor kid. Desmond's parents didn't even acknowledge him, and now he was fatherless. With Tanya as his mom? Yeah, the future wasn't looking too bright. If she cared even a little, she wouldn't have kept putting him at risk with her wild decision When Hayden showed up at the hospital to get me, he looked... furious. Lena bumped me with her shoulder. "Uh-oh, your man's pissed.

Yeah, I saw it.

"You're still tangled up in this Jace mess," Lena muttered. "Of course he's upset."

I opened my mouth to explain, but Hayden was already at my side, staring at me in total silence.

like the air between us had thickened, dropping the temperature a good ten degrees. Hayden, who was always calm and chill, now looked at me like he didn't even know what to say. I'd never seen

but today could've gone bad. Really bad. I could've been

stepped closer. "I'm

stepping in with her usual sass "Hey, Hayden? Your girl's had a day. Maybe ditch the

stake my whole career on it," Lena winked at me. She always had my back-my best friend through and

finally turned

I teased, grinning as I wrapped my arms around

hand gently on my head, and all the tension finally melted away. relief, fear, and this

into his chest, letting his warmth

to it,"

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expression turning serious. Actually, there's something

in Hayden, I glanced at her.

her hands into her pockets.

totally thrown "Wait,